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Newspaper
Marshfield Times
Location
Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1908
Page
3
A collage of humorous exchanges from period papers includes Miss Skiupenny seeking butter from Mrs Goodsoul and a playful note about repayment tomorrow. Other snippets show sullen gossip about a doctor allegedly poisoning Dell, a suitor pressured to marry, and a ruse about paying off a union. These lines reflect light social satire and international tone typical of the era.
A young widow questions public opinion on intelligence among people, asking Mr Oldbach if society is growing more intelligent. Oldbach concedes, noting a notice and a decline in marriage rates as part of the satire.
An irate matron accuses a quack of faulty cures for consumption. The doctor claims his instructions were misfollowed, insisting the medicine would work if followed exactly. A patient reportedly died soon after taking the remedy as prescribed.
In Yonkers a barber claims he can tell a man's name by examining his hand. The townsfolk doubt the claim but express curiosity about the skill and its plausibility as a street-side curiosity.
Fragmentary exchange appears to be a classroom dialogue about a student’s natural bent with a teacher’s remark. The line “REAL THRIFT” remains as a possible clue or slogan fragment. Readers see a stray, incomplete joke or caption from a page segment.
A compilation of short lines from early 20th century papers features a mother seeking insane asylum for her daughter to thwart a marriage to a man 30 years her senior. The judge counters that many girls wed older men without stigma, while she argues the groom’s poverty justifies her fear.
The exchange quotes Tinele Henry and Sammy about catching a tarpan. The boast peaks at seven feet ten inches as a legendary record. Henry says he won’t chase the feat, citing only a few years to live and a wish to reach heaven.
In a Yonkers Statesman exchange a Western town judge fines a man $25 for playing a cornet on the street after ten. The dialogue ponders why a man could not go out on no tool, while jokes arise about prohibition and happiness.
A Chicago Tribune quotation shows a conversation where LT recalls knowing a man when he was a struggling lawyer and questions his current business. The reply suggests he now serves as receiver for a bankrupt trust company, implying a dramatic career shift.
A constituent challenges a Washington veteran congressman on his record, accusing him of spouting natural gas into the atmosphere while claiming to favor conserving natural resources. The exchange reflects ongoing tensions over energy policy and environmental stewardship in national politics.
A garbled Chicago Daily News quote humorously ponders linguistic oddities and perception in a dialogue about cleverness and height. The Chicago Tribune snippet shows a scene with a basements chat about patching ice boxes and screen doors, reflecting light conversational humor.
In Grand Rapids an unidentified man killed himself after three failed attempts. A diary found on him chronicles a two week wander, his morphine habit, and failed methods to end his life. He records dull pain, fear of exposure, and resolve to die despite medical interference.
In Paris a man with a morbid urge to gain sympathy had an arm amputated to cure an imagined disease. He later revealed he caused the sores himself with potash and submitted to amputation under compulsion. Dr Dienlafoy noted it as a striking case of an emulated disease with no pleasure from the feigned ailment.
Nathan Rosenstein of St Paul recounts two fishing trips on Lake Bemidji where a ten dollar gold piece slipped from his coat pocket during a dramatic strike by a large pickerel. The coin vanished overboard, later replaced by 68 cents found while cleaning the boat. The incident adds odd note of interest on the missing coin.
A hen belonging to Aunt Sarah caused risible chaos during a Washington club production in Vineland New Jersey as Biddy cackled through a solemn scene. Actors and audience laughed uncontrollably while the bird was smothered with a shawl before the show resumed.
A catalog of vintage soup recipes from tomato and cream of sweet potato styles. Includes Classic Clear Tomato Soup with butter and celery, Creole Vegetable Soup with okra and stewed tomatoes, Puree of Lima Beans with milk and butter, and Cream of Sweet Potato Soup with thyme and bay leaf. Also notes on cleaning lettuce to remove tiny green bugs.
A collection of old recipe instructions. Rotation cake outlines creaming butter and sugar with eggs, folding in flour and sour cream, then baking. Glueberry Slump describes boiling berries, sweetening, and mixing a flour dough with baking powder and salt to form dumplings dropped into the fruit and cooked.
To serve tomatoes, take small yellow tomatoes and rinse carefully. Chill without freezing, then arrange on a bed of crisp white lettuce leaves. Place tomatoes neatly, drizzle with French dressing, and finish with chopped parsley for a fresh garnish.
A recipe notes making a thick sauce from half a cup of milk one tablespoon of butter and a quarter cup of flour. It folds in a cup of cooked asparagus tips and coal then adds one beaten egg and cooks on a buttered griddle as small cakes.
Protect sheet corners to prevent tearing when hanging on the line on windy days. Stitch diagonally across each corner hem with four or five rows of machine stitching for added strength.
A Uncle Remus Magazine excerpt presents a farmer figure Mr Billy Sanders discussing youth, trouble ahead, and facing life with practical realism. He notes life is full of risky paths and shortcuts that can injure, yet resilience comes from unity and steady effort. The piece contrasts rural fortitude with life’s inherent difficulties and rewards dedication.
A Columbus Ohio reader testifies to relief from nervousness headaches and change of life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter praises the remedy and urges other sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Mass.
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